Laura Wingfield - She is the crippled and very shy daughter of Amanda who keeps her hard pressed to finding a husband.
Tom Wingfield - As Laura’s sister, he is also pressed by his mother to find his sister a gentleman caller, and to keep the job at the shoe factory to support the family.
Amanda Wingfield - She is the mother of Tom and Laura and often digresses back to memories of her former days on the southern plantation farm and her night with 17 gentleman callers.
Jim O’Conner - He is a friend of Tom from the factory who Tom invites to dinner and Amanda treats as Laura’s first gentleman caller.
Minor Characters
Mr. Wingfield - He is Amanda’s husband who deserted the family about 16 years ago and is only seen in the play as a large photograph hung on the wall, but he is often referred to.
Settings
The Wingfield house - This takes up most of the stage and the different room are separated by curtains. There is the living and the kitchen.
The fire escape - This is on the side of the stage and is what the characters use to get into and out of the apartment.
Tone
Tragic; sarcastic; bleak
Theme
The difficulty of accepting reality; the impossibility of true escape; the unrelenting power of memory
Main Characters
- Laura Wingfield - She is the crippled and very shy daughter of Amanda who keeps her hard pressed to finding a husband.
- Tom Wingfield - As Laura’s sister, he is also pressed by his mother to find his sister a gentleman caller, and to keep the job at the shoe factory to support the family.
- Amanda Wingfield - She is the mother of Tom and Laura and often digresses back to memories of her former days on the southern plantation farm and her night with 17 gentleman callers.
- Jim O’Conner - He is a friend of Tom from the factory who Tom invites to dinner and Amanda treats as Laura’s first gentleman caller.
Minor Characters- Mr. Wingfield - He is Amanda’s husband who deserted the family about 16 years ago and is only seen in the play as a large photograph hung on the wall, but he is often referred to.
Settings- The Wingfield house - This takes up most of the stage and the different room are separated by curtains. There is the living and the kitchen.
- The fire escape - This is on the side of the stage and is what the characters use to get into and out of the apartment.
Tone- Tragic; sarcastic; bleak
Theme- The difficulty of accepting reality; the impossibility of true escape; the unrelenting power of memory
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